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Lykke Li: I struggled a lot with self-hate and my looks and my body – The Independent

Posted: May 23, 2022 at 11:53 am

Lykke Li is sick of being lovesick. She is sick of singing about being lovesick. She is also sick, period. As in physically sick. Unwell. Im in bed with a fever, the Swedish singer-songwriter mews down the phone from her hotel room. She is in London promoting her latest album EYEYE, a record that is all about breaking patterns. Lovesickness be damned.

People may wonder why someone in Lis position a singer who has weathered the storm of Noughties celebrity and come out the other side, the kind of elusive, enduring artist that many indie musicians aspire to be would want to break such a successful cycle. Anyone who has ever listened to a Lykke Li song will know why: she writes about heartbreak. Her own. Over and over. Across four now five records, Li has reached into the crevices of her bleeding heart and found catchy tunes. Albums move subtly between heartbreak and heartache, longing and yearning. The pain is most palpable in her torch ballads but listen close, and youll hear it pulsating like a migraine even in her most radio-ready pop moments. Fifteen years after finding success at 21, Li is ready to break the cycle.

I didnt want to get stuck in the repetition of being hurt and making songs about it, she says. Admittedly, EYEYE does chronicle the dissolution of another relationship, but it also examines Lis impulse to create art out of pain. I wasnt aware of it before. This was the first time that I took a step back and analysed my whole relationship to love from even before I was born, she says. Li dissected the many fantasies she had internalised as a young girl devouring films, poems, and art. Im ready to break my own repetition and perfect the circle to create some harmony and balance. Its an album to myself and what I started many years ago. Think of EYEYE as a last hurrah then, or rather a final sob.

The tracks on her previous record, 2018s exquisitely named So Sad So Sexy, drew on hip-hop with trap beats and rap features. An eclectic assortment of super producers including Vampire Weekends Rostam Batmanglij, and Frank Ocean producer Malay were brought in to assist. Li can see now that this outside intervention served a personal purpose at a difficult time. I was in a very hard place in my life, she says. She had just given birth but she had also separated from her partner, the Grammy-winning producer Jeff Bhaskar. Her mum had died of brain cancer. It was like all the worst things that can happen, happened. The album became a way of surviving. It was something for Li to cling to while the world around her atomised. Looking back, Li is both astonished and proud that she managed to pull it off. I dont understand how I got it done when I was in so much grief and pain, plus the exhaustion of having a baby. She finds it interesting that So Sad So Sexy is the album that sounds the least like me.

If So Sad So Sexy was a digression, EYEYE is a homecoming. Li can remember lying in bed, exhausted from touring and nursing another broken heart. She listened to the voice memos on her phone, where she records snippets of inspiration and melodic ideas. I really thought, I dont want to destroy the rawness of those this time. I want to make the most intimate and raw and alive piece Ive ever made, she says. To those ends, EYEYE was recorded without headphones or click-tracks. There is the sound of a dishwasher running in the background. Everything was one-take.

The writing process was low-key: at home alone in her bedroom. Well, my home is very much one big bedroom, Li says, explaining there is wall-to-wall carpet everywhere. I like to be horizontal and just dream. She also returned to the safe hands of her longtime collaborator Bjrn Yttling, who has worked on all her records except So Sad So Sexy. It was during that period that Li began psychedelic-aided therapy. She took psilocybin, ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT together with her therapist. Actually, not the ayahuasca, she clarifies. That was with a shaman.

Im quite sensitive when I have to be out there in the world, so I get sick a lot on tour, says the 36-year-old

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Like many of her best songs, EYEYE revels in abject feeling. On the album opener No Hotel, she sings to near nothingness. Her voice is long-breathed and solitary: I know I hold on/ To someone not here / But you wont go away. Her music is not so much a cooling balm for your wounds as it is a hot iron to cauterise them. Languish with me fellow sad-sacks, her songs seem to say, and I will make our pain into something beautiful.

If even half the anguish Li sings about is real she later tells me that sadly it all is you would not blame her for hardening to love. Instead, Li remains painfully open to it. I think its quite heroic, she laughs at her enduring belief. At 16 she was a complete romantic. At 36, she remains one. Li suggests that maybe it is because she is an artist. Im potentially more open in general. Like, Im trying to be open.

A side effect of that, though, is that she is often unwell. Im okay with being vulnerable in my work because its somehow protected but when I have to be out there in the world, I always get sick. Li hosted a listening event last night, hence this mornings fever. As if on cue, a doorbell rings and she politely excuses herself to answer room service who have brought her a cup of tea. A metal spoon dings against porcelain. She continues, Im quite sensitive when I have to be out there in the world, so I get sick a lot on tour. I ask if she thinks of herself as an empath, someone who feels the moods of others as though they are her own. I think so. I need to learn how to shield myself.

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That energy of celebrity and Hollywood is something I really detest

Speaking to Li, its easy to believe. She is not the husky-voiced chanteuse of her sad, sexy songs. Instead, she has a spacey air about her and a girlish lilt. She is the sort to giggle, rather than laugh. I feel myself lowering my voice, to match her whisper. Although Lis camera is not on, if it were, I might see her spectral face with big eyes and a small mouth framed by a dirty blonde pixie cut.

Li had a nomadic childhood, moving around several times with her family: Stockholm, Portugal, Lisbon, Morocco, Nepal, back to Stockholm. Winters were spent in India. Growing up, she spent her time reading and listening to music on her Walkman. Michael Jackson was her first CD. A bit politically incorrect now, she says. Li began dancing at five. At 15, she decided she wanted to do something more creative. She applied to music school in Stockholm but didnt get in. That was devastating but it somehow awoke the underdog in me and made me certain that I wanted to do music.

Li has been sure of herself ever since. Strangely, Ive always had a clear idea of what I dont like so Ive been able to say no quite easily. No, its not right. No, its not there yet. It was easy when I was younger because I was quite cocky. Her Swedish accent sticks on the double consonants like toffee. Li says her greatest regrets are the times she allowed things to slip through that she knew werent quite right. This idea of creative purity preoccupies Li endlessly. Naturally, she has dreamt of clearing out her catalogue. She would wipe it all other than I Follow Rivers and I Never Learn. Li is a perfectionist to the extreme. Even when I look at this room, I wish this or that was a bit to the right or to the left. When Im ordering food, I want this very specific thing. I carry a vision inside of me and then when it doesnt translate, its very painful. At last nights listening event, Li wished the lights had been less bright; that a hotel sign was not in view; that the audience were facing the other way. Im always imagining a better situation.

Li counts herself fortunate that her career has been mostly smooth sailing. Having entered the industry at 21, she knows how easily the opposite couldve been true. I wonder why I never had those #MeToo situations happen to me, Li says. Later, she posits a theory. Maybe its because I never leaned into my sexuality. I wasnt even aware of my sexuality. I never had that energy and I think maybe thats why it was completely shut off from me because it was always about the art.

But if being a young woman in music did not throw up challenges, becoming a mother certainly did. Overnight or rather nine months the industry grew increasingly dismissive of her. I feel like its improved a little bit now, she says. Im happy to see Rihanna out there with a belly. Its like the hottest thing ever and so pregnancy is becoming less destigmatised. You see power in it now. She pauses and circles back. But I guess thats not really true because she has infinite resources so its a false example.

Becoming a parent wasnt what she expected. For one thing, Li thought motherhood would temper her ambition. In reality, she has never been more driven. But practically, she asks, how are mothers expected to do this? I want to work; I want to be completely lost in my creation, but I also have to take care of this child. Its quite brutal, to be honest. And thats when you really see What is it called? Im not so good in English with these types of words. She searches her brain for a moment before finding it. Inequality. You see the inequality. Its very hard to be a woman. It really is.

Uninterested in fame, Li says she would be completely happy being an anonymous songwriter

(Theo Lindquist)

The effect motherhood had on her body image was similarly surprising. I have had a really complicated relationship with being a woman; I never felt like one, to be honest. I struggled a lot with self-hate and my looks and my body. I felt that I didnt have the power that women had, she says. In pregnancy, that changed. I found both the strength and softness, I was like, Wow, I am a woman. Li adds that on EYEYE, she leaned into her masculine side and realised she is quite androgynous. Its been interesting to play with gender identifications. Its yin and yang. Opposites. Duality. Everything is both.

On the subject of bodies, we speak about the time Rihanna once complimented Li on her tits. She giggles at the memory. Sadly, thats when they were fresh and quite large at the time, and now they arent anymore, she says. I really struggle with that, but I think its interesting to have body parts you struggle with, especially in this world where all these young girls get plastic surgery and fillers. Li is curious to see if soon itll be viewed as antiquated not to have had any plastic surgery. She isnt judging. Just curious.

The singer mostly keeps to herself. She lives in LA but never ventures west. That energy of celebrity and Hollywood is something I really detest. The only thing she cares about is the music, she says. I just want to write a good song. Li would also like to try her hand at writing for others, adding that she is completely happy being an anonymous songwriter. Perhaps she can smuggle any future heartbreak into songs sung by other people.

Lis most devoted fans view her as a patron saint of modern-day sadness. And they make countless memes to that effect, the best of which Li has compiled together on her Instagram. But Li wants a new challenge, and hopefully to find a lasting love. Its almost more difficult to describe the fragility of something good and beautiful. Complete love is something Im curious to try describing.

EYEYE is out on 20 May

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Tesla Driver Briefly Trapped in Burning Car, Kicks Out Window – Futurism

Posted: at 11:48 am

"The doors wouldn't open."Trapped

Tesla owner Jamil Jutha had only owned his Model Y for eight months before it caught on fire Friday and briefly trapped him inside, according to a CTV News report published yesterday.

Jutha was driving in Vancouver that morning when the car completely turned off and lost all power to its electronics.

The doors wouldnt open, Jutha told the British Columbia-based news outlet. The windows wouldnt go down.

The car started to smoke, pouring through the vents into the cab. Naturally, Jutha panicked and says he kicked out a window in order to escape. The man said he felt panicked and immediately called 911 for help. While waiting for them to arrive, local constructions workers at a site nearby safely directed traffic around the mans burning car.

Were very fortunate that this individual had the wherewithal and the strength to kick the window out, firechief Brian Hutchinson of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services told CTV.

An anonymous Twitter user captured an image of the moment thats since gone viral, showing hot orange flames erupting from the cars hood and cab.

Neat feature, the post quipped.

The accident is under investigation and firefighters are trying to figure out what exactly went wrong with the car, and Tesla did not respond to CTVs request for comment.

Jutha, however, says the emergency protocol for opening the door in an electrical failure isnt intuitive and he encourages other Tesla owners to familiarize themselves with what to do should the same happen to them. CTV says the entire door panel is a lever that lifts up in emergency circumstances, and one Twitter used pointed out that a video on how to use it is about ten minutes long.

Its not the first time Tesla vehicles have been involved in dangerous accidents or generally made outrageous, driverless decisions, but were glad the man is safe.

More on Tesla news: After Sexual Allegations, Elon Musk Jets Off to Brazil

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NASA Sponsored Researcher Suggests It Might Be Possible to Change the Laws of Physics – Futurism

Posted: at 11:48 am

Mind blown.Galaxy Brain

In an extremely cosmic-brain take, University of Rochester astrophysics professor Adam Frank suggests that a civilization could advance so much that it could eventually tinker with the fundamental laws of physics.

Its a mind-bending proposition that ventures far beyond the conventional framework of scientific understanding, a reminder that perhaps we should dare to think outside the box especially as we continue our search for extraterrestrial civilizations.

If a civilization were to be able to change the laws of physics, the very nature of energy itself, with established rules like energy conservation, would be subject to revision within the scope of engineering, Frank, who is part of the NASA-sponsored Categorizing Atmospheric Technosignatures program, wrote in an essay for Big Think.

For instance, as astrophysicist Caleb Scharf argued in an eyebrow-raising 2016 article, an alien civilization could conceivably be behind dark matter, the theoretical stuff that as far as our current understanding of the universe is concerned makes up the majority of mass in the universe.

Frank takes the concept even further, suggesting advanced alien civilizations could mix and match physical laws any way they see fit.

Its all pretty far fetched, and the astrophysicist is the first to acknowledge that, pointing out thatat this point its primarily just fun to think about these things.

Frank concludes that while controlling these laws may be pretty unlikely, its far more likely that they put severe limits on life and what it can do.

So its possible that there simply is no way around the limits imposed by the speed of light, Frank concedes.

But its nice to dream.

READ MORE: Could an advanced civilization change the laws of physics? [Big Think]

More on the laws of physics: Scientists Say the Laws of Physics May Be Changing

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NASA Alarmed That Astronauts’ Spacesuits Keep Filling Up With Water – Futurism

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The suits are officially off the table until they figure out what went wrong.Watery Grave

The spacesuits that allow astronauts to venture outside of the International Space Station have been declared no-go for upcoming spacewalks.

Thats because the suits helmets keep filling with excess water, a potentially life threatening scenario astronauts have been battling with on multiple occasions, CBS reports.

The massive and unwieldy suits, referred to as extra-vehicular mobility units, (EMUs) arent entirely off the table and could still be used in emergencies, according to NASA.

Until we understand better what the causal factors might have been during the last EVA with our EMU, we are no-go for nominal [extra-vehicular activity], Dana Weigel, deputy manager of the space station program at the Johnson Space Center, told reporters on Tuesday, as quoted by CBS. So we wont do a planned EVA until weve had a chance to really address and rule out major system failure modes.

The news comes after several astronauts have had to deal with water flooding their helmets. A 2013 spacewalk had to be cut short,for instance, after European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitanos helmet started filling with excess water.

Parmitano was at a real risk of drowning, with water covering his eyes, nose and ears, according to a NASA report filed at the time.

Since then, NASA has started using sponges called helmet absorption pads in the back of the helmet to keep excess water to a minimum.

While the Parmitano incident has yet to be repeated, NASA astronaut Kayla Barron recently found water inside German astronaut Matthias Maurers helmet after he had performed a spacewalk in March.

Roughly, maybe an eight- to 10-inch diameter circle, a thin film of water on the helmet, Barron reported at the time, as quoted by CBS. And there is water in his vent port at the back of his neck ring.

Officials are now waiting to inspect Maurers suit, which will make its way back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship in July, until they greenlight any future planned spacewalks.

Fortunately, officials havent found anything unusual so far, according to Weigel. Were looking for any obvious signs of contamination or fouling or something else that might have gotten into our system.

Were not seeing that yet, she added.

READ MORE: Spacesuits aboard station declared a no-go pending analysis of recent helmet water leak [CBS]

More on space walks: Guy Snaps Photo of Space Station So Detailed You Can See Spacewalking Astronauts on Exterior

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Dogecoin Creator Says That 70 Percent of Crypto Investors Are Complete Morons – Futurism

Posted: at 11:48 am

Damn, tell us how you really feel! Big Woof

Dogecoin cocreator Billy Markus apparently doesnt think very highly of the people who invest in cryptocurrencies like,well, his.

In a tweet appearing to respond to the precipitous crash of the Terra stablecoin last week, in which the coin meant to be tied to the worth of the US Dollar lost a whopping 97 percent of its worth, Markus said it appears that large swaths of crypto investors dont even understand the fundamental basics of either crypto or how markets work.

I would guess by reading what people say, the 39-year-0ld Dogecoin founder continued, that at least 70percent have absolutely no clue how crypto actually works.

In a follow-up tweet, Markus added some advice to his griping, suggesting that crypto investors do their own research hype YouTube videos are not research,he cautioned and make decisions using common sense.

Have a plan, he added. Dont invest emotionally.

Its pretty good advice. But given that Dogecoin investors and, presumably, its creators got rich only after Elon Musk kinda-sorta plugged their joke coin via memes, italso seems a bit hypocritical.

More on Doge:Elon Musk Explains Why He is Pro Doge, Not Bitcoin

More on the Terra stablecoin crash:Suicidal Posts Spike After Crypto Project Crashes

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Scientists Say Organisms Trapped in This Ancient Rock May Still Be Alive – Futurism

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They're single-celled and ready to mingle. Prehistory

We dont wanna freak you out, but West Virginian scientists may have found a life form more than 800 million years old.

In a new paper published in the journal Geology, West Virginia University geologists say that some of the microorganisms found inside the Browne Formation, an 830 million-year-old rock found in the Australian desert, may still be alive and if they are, it could help us find life on Mars, to boot.

Taking a piece of the Browne Formation, which includes halite salt crystals, the WVU researchers found organic liquids and solids using non-invasive optical techniques. Within those substances, they then found single-celled organisms known as prokaryotes, which have been discovered in the past to survive hundreds of millions of years when trapped inside salt crystals like the one inside that particular ancient rock.

The researchers noted in their paper that although possible survival of microorganisms over geologic time scales is not fully understood, the Browne prokaryotes, if found to definitely be alive, could have huge implications for the search for life on Mars, where rock compounds similar to the Browne Formation are abundant.

While this wouldnt be the first still-living organism found within a hundreds of millions of years old halite crystal that distinction goes to a bacterium extracted by researchers in the year 2000 the Browne Formation prokaryotes would be the oldest living things on Earth discovered so far.

Theres obviously additional research that needs to be done before we figure out if the microorganisms trapped in that ancient crystal are indeed still alive but if and when we discover they are, it will no doubt be a huge freakin deal.

READ MORE:830-million-year-old microorganisms in primary fluid inclusions in halite [Geology]

More single-celled organisms:Europe Just Launched Brainless Blobs of Slime Mold to Space

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Much Like Hipsters, Scallops Can Be Lured to Their Death by Disco Lights – Futurism

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"Its like a scallop disco."Clam-iroquai

Just like your average EDM fan, scallops can, as it turns out, be captured more easily when you turn on the pretty lights for them.

AsThe Guardian reports, a group of fishing consultants (yes, thats a thing) have devised a devious plot to lure unsuspecting scallops by flashing disco lights inside trap baskets, which apparently attracts them.

This technique was actually created by the British Fishtek Marine consultancy to lure in crabs, but to their surprise, it was scallops which, apparently, each have more than 200 eyes that were more into the pretty lights.

Its like a scallop disco illuminate the trap and they come in, Dr. Rob Enver, Fishteks chief marine scientist, told The Guardian. Its astonishing that no one else has discovered this before. Its quite an exciting find.

While its kind of heartbreaking to watch these cute shelled creatures jump to their doom after seeing the same kinds of lights we enjoy in bars and on dancefloors, this technique can apparently help the global over-fishing problem as well.

Most of the scallops caught for human consumption today are captured via dredging, a harmful means of fishing that harms marine life when done at large scale. The more environmentally conscious alternative, the report notes, is done by scuba divers handpicking scallops, but this is obviously much more expensive and time-consuming.

With this new technique, however, fishers can catch scallops much more easily, and in a way much less likely to harm the marine floor, Fishtek toldThe Guardian.

The experiment has made waves in the academic and ecological communities as well, with a new paper published in theJournal of Fisheries Research this week lauding the low-impact potted light scallop-fishing method.

This could be huge for scallop fishing and maybe well give them some music to jam to before theyre taken to their dooms, too.

READ MORE:Accidental discovery that scallops love disco lights leads to new fishing technique [The Guardian]

More on fishing ethics:Critics Horrified by Worlds First Octopus Farm

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Elon Musk Has Officially Lost $69 Billion This Year – Futurism

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Nice.Wipeout

The net worth of Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fallen by a staggering amount just over $69 billion so far this year, according to Bloombergs Billionaire Index making the wealthiest man in the world substantially less wealthy.

While thats a princely sum, and far more than whats needed to tackle a world hunger crisis, Musk has yet to lose the crown of being the richest of the rich. And, for what its worth, his total net worth of over $200 billion is still significantly higher than Amazon founder and chief social rival Jeff Bezos net worth of $131 billion, according to the Index.

Therearea number of reasons that Musks ventures have had a terrible year so far after all, the vast majority of his net worth is tied up in the various companies he runs, most notably Tesla.

The net worth of the electric car company has plummeted by $49 billion since Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, which has turned into an ongoing media circus of epic proportions, with Musk seemingly getting cold feet as of late. Teslas crash alone wiped out $12.3 billion from the CEOs net worth, according to Fortune.

Its not just his highly controversial and messy bid to take over Twitter causing him trouble. A shocking new report by Insider claims Musks space venture SpaceX had to settle a $250,000 sexual misconduct claim made against Musk by a flight attendant,adding to the general sense that things arent going well for the mercurial entrepreneur.

Musk denied the allegations and pledged allegiance to the Republicans, painting a significant target on his back and potentially driving a wedge between himself and many of his supporters.

While Tesla shares have rebounded slightly, they have yet to recover to anywhere near where they were before Musk announced he wanted to buy Twitter.

The free-spoken billionaire has drawn lines in the sand. The Twitter deal is certainly still on the table, whether Musk likes it or not. The sexual misconduct allegations will only add to making this spring particularly difficult to navigate for the entrepreneur.

But at the same time, the whole crisis seems exacerbated by his own actions.

READ MORE: Elon Musk lost $10 billion in net worth in a single day after sexual misconduct claims emerged [Insider]

More on Musk: Tesla Driver Briefly Trapped in Burning Car, Kicks Out Window

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SpaceX Rocket Fumes "Hazardous to Humans" and the Climate, Scientists Warn – Futurism

Posted: at 11:48 am

This seems, uh, pretty bad. Exhausting

It looks like the exhaust fumes from SpaceXs Falcon 9 rockets (and others like it, including Blue Origin) are actually toxic to humans and to the planet we call home.

A new paper in the journal Physics of Fluids details how researchers digitally modeled the type of fumes that come from rockets like those made by SpaceX, Blue Origin, and other private rocket manufacturers and their conclusions are pretty grim.

We believe that the problem of atmospheric pollution caused by rocket launches is vital, the Cyprus University of Nicosia research team wrote, and needs to be addressed appropriately as commercial space flights, in particular, are expected to increase in the future.

Each launch using RP-1 rocket fuel, like SpaceXs Falcon 9, produces large amounts of carbon gases and nitrogen oxides. Per the modeling done by the Cyprus team, the noxious fumes released by ascending rocket launches would be considered hazardous to human health per guidelines set by the World Health Organization.

In an email statement toBusiness Insider pegged to the study, a Blue Origin spokesperson said its New Shepard rocket is fueled by highly efficient and clean liquid oxygen and hydrogen and only has water vapor with no carbon emissions as a byproduct. Futurism has reached out to SpaceX for comment but has not yet heard back.

The looming issue, of course, is that commercial space companies and particularly SpaceX are working to scale rocket launches up to an astonishing degree. If thats going to pose a major environmental and health issue, better to learn that now.

READ MORE:Atmospheric pollution from rockets [Physics of Fluids]

More on rockets:Journalists Slam NASA for Lack of Transparency Behind Moon Rocket Prelaunch

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B2 Creative Residency: Walk in a magical Afrolandscape – CU Boulder Today

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The community is invited to takea walk throughSoul Desse's magical Afrolandscape, Hermafrodek: A Suspension of Identity,"an interactive environment in which mobile sculptures hanging from reclaimed Afro hair morph seamlessly into gender-fluid shapes.

Desse, an artist whose work has been exhibited around the globe,describes the installation as a "sculptural exploration of surrealist gender-bending Afro-futurism." She developed Hermafrodekduring a recent ATLAS B2 Creative Residency; the B2 Center for Arts Media and Performance/CMAPis an interdisciplinary and wildly experimental community located in the Roser ATLAS Center at CU Boulder.

If you go

Who: Everyone and anyone

What: "Hermafrodek: A Suspension of Identity," a magical Afrolandscape

When: Open viewing hoursMay 23-26, 2-4 p.m.; May 27, 11-1 p.m.

Where: Roser ATLAS Center, ATLAS Black Box Experimental Studio (ATLS B2 level), 1125 18th St. Boulder

Cost: Free

Registration

Learnmore about the technologies in the Black Box Experimental Theater, including Augmester course offerings with hands-on learning opportunities.

This interactive exhibit, located in the ATLAS Black Box Experimental Studio,utilizes the highly specialized equipment available in B2, incorporatingmotion capture, projection mappingand Ambisonic sound technology to create an endlessly shifting soundspace which engages and captivates visitors.

For this project, Desse's collaborators include ATLAS AffiliateBrad Gallagheras technical art director,Andy DiLalloas sound designer and technical supportand staff memberGary McCrumbas lighting designer and audio engineer.

Desses work has been exhibited in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, at institutions including the Katonah Museum of Art;Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art;Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY;the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center in Asheville;Mahmoud Darwish Museum; Center for Global Justice; San Miguel De Allende, Mexico; Bogot Arte Contemporaneo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia; Galerie Nord Berlin, Germany; Greatmore Studios, Capetown, South Africa; Total Arts Gallery, Dubaiand the Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.

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